Infant&#39;s bed for automobiles



Maur. 27, 1923.

C. H. KRUS INFANT'S BED FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed May 6, 1921 @H501 neuPatented Mar,A 27 19233..

CHARLES E. KRAS, F BUFFALO, NEW YGRK.

mFANTS BED FOB, AUTOMOBILES.

Application filed May 6, 1921. Serial. No. 467,259.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, 'CHARLES H. KRAUS,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county ofErie and Sta-te of N ew York, have invented certain new and kind -whichcan be easily collapsed whilel attached to the rear of the front seat ofan automobile, orbe extended to serve as a bed for an infant, theposition of the bed being such that the infant lying therein will beprotected from drafts.

A further object of my invention is to provide novel means for securingthe bed to the rear of an automobile seat, and to provide novel meansfor keeping the bed extended.

'A still further object is to provide a bed of this type formed entirelyof bar material,

lthe bars forming opposite sides being riveted while the bars formingthe bottom and ends of the bed are pivotal y connected to permit ofcollapsing the bed.

A further object of my invention is thel production of a device of thisklnd, which while particularly designed as a bed, may be utilized forcarrying various articles when extended.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of thenovel features of construction and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed'out inthe subjoined claims.

In the'drawings Fig. 1 is a erspective view of a port1on of anautomobile showing my improved bed in extended position and attachedtothe rear of the front seat.

Fi 2 is an end view of the device extended,l showing the mannerofsupportingthe same from the automobileseat.

Fig. y3 is a bottom plan view ofthe device extended. l

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the device collapsed or folded.

Fig. V5 is a broken transverse section of the device extended, on anenlarged scale.

-Fig 6 is a perspective view of a portion of one of the end brace bars.

foldable or collapsible yThe side member 11 7 designates the automobilehaving a front seat 8 and a rear seat 9 and attached to the rear of thefront seat is my improved bed 10, -considered as a whole.

The bed comprises two side members 11, 12, two end members 13, 14,'and abottom '15. is adapted to be placed aga-mst or 1n close proximity to therear of the front seat 8, and it comprisesl an upper longitudinal anglebar 16, a lower longitudinal angle bar 17, and intermediate longitudmalHat bars 18, the ends of the bars 16, 17 and 18 being secured to uprightcorner bars 19 yof angular formation.

Arranged outside of the barsv '16, 17 and 18 and secured thereto arehanger bars 20. These bars are arranged between the angular corner bars19 and have their upper ends rebent to form hooks 21 adapted to engagefiat loops 22 secured to the rear of the front automobile seat 8. Theside member 12 comprises an upper angle bar 23, a lower angle bar 24,corner angle bars 25 riveted or otherwise secured to the upper and lowerangle bars 23, '24, and two diagonally-disposed. bars 26, which extendfrom the upper corner at one end of the side 12 to the lower corner atthe other end thereof, thus crossing each other at the center, as at 27,the ends of the fiat diagonal bars being riveted to the corner an lebars 25.

ach end member comprises a plurality of Hat bars 28 pivotally connectedtogether at their ends, as at 29, the end or outer bars 28 having theirfree extremities pivotally secured to the corner angle bars 19 and 25,respectively, as at 30.

'Ihe bottom l5 comprises a plurality of flat bars 31 ypivotallyconnected together at their ends, as at 32, with the free extremities ofthe outer or end bars ivotally connected to the horizontal webs o thelower angle bars 17 and 24, respectively, as at 33, the flat bars-31being so arranged that thefree end of one of said end or outer' bars ispivotally connected to the lower angle bars 17 at one end of the bedwhile the free extremity of the other end or outer barl is pivotallyconnected to the lower angle bar 24 at the other end o'f the bed. Y

The pivotally 4connected bars 28 forming the end membersof the bed andthe pivotally connected bars ll'formingthe bottom of the bed are ofzigzag formation whenthe bed is extended, as clearly shown in Figs.,`

`2 and 3, and to retain the bars in such condition I pivotally secure tothe eds ofthe upper angle bars 16 one end of eachoftwo retainer anglebars 34, the other ends of said bars being provided with notches 35,

which receive bolts 36 extending upwardly through the ends of the upperangle bar 23, said bolts having thumb nuts 37 adapted to bear againstthe upper side of the retainer angle bars 34 at their free ends.. Itwill be j noticed that the vertical or depending webs .38 of said anglebars are cut away at the v collapsed while the bedding is retained withvfolding the latter.

in the bed, as there are no parts forming the ends of the bed whichwould necessitate the removal of the bedding or interfere with thebedding if retained within the bed when It is apparent that the bedcould not be folded or collapsed to its full extent if bedding wereretained therein; nevertheless, considerable space could be saved bypartly folding the bed and at the same time the bedding could be" storedwhere it would at all times be handy and would not discommode theoccupants 0f an automobile, in connection with which this bed isparticularly adapted.

To the lowerangle bars 17 and 24, jointed retainer bars 40 are provided,each jointed retainer bar comprising two sections 41, 42 pivotallyconnected together, as at 43,l the outer ends of both sections beingpivotally secured to the under side of the lower angle bars 17 and 24,as at 44. These retainer bars serve to support the Hat bars l31 formingthe bottom of the bed.

v It is of course to be understoodthat suitable bedding is placed uponthe bottom 15 of the bed. When it is desired to collapse or fold the bedthe jointed retainer bars 40 are broken so as t0 swing ofthe deadcenter,v

without disconnecting the outer ends of two sections thereof from. thelower an le bars 17 and 24. Said retalner bars are t erefore always in aposition ready for lmanipulation 55 without resorting to manipulation offastening means, thus permitting the bottom to fold, provided theretainer angle b rsf/34 are disconnected from' the upper a gle bar 23,and to permit of this, the thumb nuts 37 are loosened, which 'permitsthe retainer angle bars 34 to be swung inwardly so that the fiat endVportions.39 thereof lieagainst the top of the upper angle bar 16.

With the retainer angle bars 34 swung inwardly -and 'the jointed-yretainer bars 40 broken, the side 10,

which may be referred to as the outer side,

may be moved forwardly or toward the side 11, and during such vact-ionthe fiat bars 28 forming the end members and the flat bars 31 formingthe bottom close upon themselves so as to have the adjacent edges ofadjoining bars incontact with each other.

From Fig. 4 it will be clear that the outer side 10 will be somewhatspaced from the side 11 of the bed, when the latter is collapsed, asclearly shown in Fig. 4, and the bedding can be arranged verticallybetween the two sides. lVhen the bed is collapsed,-

comparatively little space is required for the same.

Having lthus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A folding lbedcomprising rigid sides having angle bars at their upper and lower ends,and flat bars intermediate said angle bars, one of said sides .havingvertical bars secured thereto provided with hooks at their upper ends,by means of which the bed is to be supported, folding ends connectingthe ends of said sides, a folding bottom, and

combined supports and retainers on which l said bottom` rests. .j

2. A folding bed comprising rigid sides. folding ends, a folding bottom`retainer means connecting opposite ends of said sides at the top thereofand adapted to swing over one of said sides when folding the bed, andfolding retainer means connecting the bottom of said sides at pointsintermediate their endls.

3. A folding bed comprising rigid sides having top, -bottom and endangle bars, and flat bars disposed between said top and bottom anglebars `and having their ends secured to said endbars, foldingendscomprising flat bars having their ends pivotally connected together'andarranged in Zig-zag form with the free ends of the outer flat barspivotally connected to said end angle bars, a folding bottom comprisingflat bars pivotally connected together and having the free ends of ltheouter bars thereof pivotally connected to the bottom angle bars of saidrigid sides, retainer bars connecting corresponding ends of the topangle bars of said sides, and folding retainer bars connecting thebottom angle bars of said sides and supporting said bottom. i

4f; An infants bed Ycomprising rigid sides having endangle bars, aplurality of pivotally connected barshaving the free ends of the outerbars thereof pivotally connected to corresponding end angle bars ofsaidI `bolts rising from and entered 1n sald notches, and thumb nuts 5.An infants folding bed comprising two rigid sides, means connectingthelower ends of said sides for retaining them in spaced relation,retainer bars pivotally secured to the upper end of one of said sidesand having notches at their free ends, bolts rising from the upper endof the other side and adapted to extend through said notches, thumb nutsapplied to said bolts, foldab-le ends connecting opposite sides, and afoldable bottom also connecting opposite sides and supported by theretaining means connecting the lower ends of said sides.

6. An infants bed comprising rigid sides, folding ends, a foldingbottom,jointed re' tainer bars connecting said sides at their lower ends andsupporting said folding bottom, and a retainer angle bar at each endpivotally connected to one of the ends of one side and having a notch atits other end, the other side at its ends secured to said bolts clampsaid retainer angle bars in place.

7.' An infants bed comprising sides formed of longitudinally-disposedbars, end angle bars to Whichsaid longitudinally-disposed bars are.secured, and crossed diagonal bars between said longitudinal bars and asingle series of pirotally connected bars arranged in zig-zag'forln ateach end of saidbed, the free ends of the outermost bars ofeach seriesbeing pivotally secured to the end angle bars of said sides near theirupper ends.

and adapted to firmly bar at each end pivotally 8. An infants bedcomprising rigid sides having inwardly-extending flanges at then' lowerends, foldabl'e ends connecting the ends of said sides, and afoldablebottom lformed' of longitudinally-disposed bars a1'- ranged in zig-zagform and having the free ends of the outer -bars thereof pivotally con-`the opposite end of the other side.

bed comprising.

9. An infants folding rigid sides, folding ends, a folding bottom, and ahorizontally swinging retainer angle connected to one of the ends ofonev side. and arranged to swing over said side When folding the bed,and means to secure the other end to the correspondinor end of the otherside.

`10. An infants folding bed coin rising rigid sides, a folding bottom,and olding ends, each end comprising a series of pivotally connectedbars reaching from side to side, and a single horizontally swingingretainer bar at each end of the bed connected to vone side and adaptedto swing onto said side when folding the be-d, said retainer bars beingdetachably connected to the other side ofthe bed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CHARLES H. KRAUS. l

